2 Hits, 1 more to go!!

Today's clinic with Nick went well. He was super compliance, kept wanting to come back to the chair when i asked him to play with the lego on the floor (most probably he knows that he will get his reinforcer only when he works with me on the chair). As usual, if a clinic went well, it also means that there are going to be lots more new programs for him too. And it also means that i've to prepare tons of materials for it too. I'm fine with that as long as the the kids are progressing and improving.

Some of his new programs are "Functions" whereby he has to tell me what are spoon, pillow, blanket, chair used for. There is a new program on "category" too. I think i don't have to tell you guys what category is. Basically, he is going to learn the different categories ie, transport, fruits, clothes, furniture. These are the 2 main new programs that he's going to have next month. And for next month, he will also be taught more on listening to longer receptive instruction (RI) ie Can i have the blue lego that is on the chair VS can i have the red lego under the chair? So RI is to train him to be attentive and listen to the instruction. If he's not paying attention, it's highly unlikely that he can get the thing i want.

There is a prgram on "preposition" too, teaching what is 'under', 'on','beside' and etc. Basically, i'm going to teach him to generalise, to understand and know it when there are being used at different situations or environment with different people.

So as you can see, there are really quite alot of new programs next month. I think that Nick will most probably act out quite abit cause we are starting to push him more these days as we think that he can actually do it with the right teaching methods, breaking the parts down (ABA and Discrete Trial Teaching).

Ok, 2 down, 1 more to go. Just going to keep my fingers cross and hope that Johnny's clinic tomorrow is going to be good too=)